John Liang

John Liang is managing editor of InsideDefense and Inside Missile Defense. He has been with the IWP Defense Group since 1997. He holds a master's degree in international policy studies from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey and a bachelor's degree in languages from Georgetown University.

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Daily News | April 19, 2001

Although Raytheon is discussing sales of its Patriot PAC-2 missiles to several countries, the company believes South Korea is most likely to submit a major order for PAC-2 systems by the end of the year, a senior Raytheon official said today.

Daily News | April 19, 2001

Stronger profits in Raytheon's defense electronics businesses pushed continuing operations income up 21 percent from last year, the company told investment analysts today.

Daily News | April 19, 2001

The pending merger of General Electric and Honeywell does not pose an immediate threat to the soon-to-be-spun-off Rockwell Collins, a senior Rockwell International executive told investment analysts yesterday.

Daily News | April 18, 2001

Orbital Sciences Corp. is looking to the Air Force to rejuvenate its X-34 reusable launch vehicle program, which was canceled by NASA last month, a senior company official told financial analysts yesterday.

Daily News | April 18, 2001

General Dynamics Chairman and CEO Nicholas Chabraja today expressed doubt about whether Greece will be able to decide which main battle tank to acquire by the end of this month.

Daily News | April 17, 2001

President Bush's plan to cut the U.S. Export-Import Bank's fiscal year 2002 budget by 25 percent was "particularly ill-timed" and would severely limit the bank's ability to provide loan guarantees to the aerospace industry, according to an industry group.

Daily News | April 13, 2001

The Air Force has kept production of the F-15 fighter aircraft alive until 2004 by finalizing a $571 million contract with Boeing for 10 F-15Es, the company announced today.

Daily News | April 12, 2001

The Defense Department has not included in its financial statements the cost of disposing of excess ammunition, a cost that could run as high as $3 billion, the General Accounting Office concludes in a report released today.

Daily News | April 11, 2001

The Defense Department should improve its use of integrated product teams on new weapon system programs, the General Accounting Office recommends in a report released today.

Daily News | April 10, 2001

Kaman Corp. said its first-quarter profits fell 9 percent from a year ago because of a slowing economy, according to a statement released today.

Daily News | April 9, 2001

Lockheed Martin today defended its valuation of real estate property in California that it intends to sell, a sale a senior lawmaker has characterized as a "giant rip-off" of U.S. taxpayers.

Daily News | April 9, 2001

The Air Force has approved the system design for the low-earth orbit component of the Space-Based Infrared System developed by an industry team led by TRW and Raytheon, the two companies announced today.

Daily News | April 6, 2001

The Navy plans to award two contracts this October worth up to $20 million each for work on defining its next-generation narrowband satellite communications architecture, a senior service official told InsideDefense.com yesterday.

Daily News | April 6, 2001

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John Warner (R-VA) said today that arms sales to Taiwan should not be linked to the outcome of talks aimed at freeing the crew of a Navy EP-3 surveillance aircraft that collided with a Chinese fighter last weekend.

Daily News | April 6, 2001

Raytheon has agreed to sell a majority stake in its aviation support business unit to the Veritas Capital Fund for approximately $270 million in cash, equity and receivables, the two companies announced today.

Daily News | April 5, 2001

The Navy has awarded Boeing subsidiary McDonnell Douglas a five-year, $381 million contract to supply parts for the F/A-18 and AV-8 aircraft, the Pentagon announced today.

Daily News | April 5, 2001

Alliant Techsystems yesterday announced it is in the home stretch of its pending $685 million purchase of Alcoa's Thiokol Propulsion business unit.

Daily News | April 5, 2001

The Senate last night rejected an amendment to the fiscal year 2002 budget resolution that would have increased the defense budget by $100 billion over the next decade.

Daily News | April 4, 2001

Lockheed Martin has won a $180 million follow-on subcontract to build components for nine additional Japanese F-2 fighter aircraft, the company announced yesterday.

Daily News | April 4, 2001

Boeing announced yesterday that it delivered 17 military aircraft in the first quarter of 2001, down from 24 in the same quarter of last year.

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